diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8bb6d9135c..853859d7c7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Dec 18 11:45:26 2012  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+	* doc/syntax/literals.rdoc:  Added 0o octal integers.
+
 Tue Dec 18 12:28:52 2012  Martin Bosslet  <Martin.Bosslet@gmail.com>
 
 	* test/openssl/test_ssl.rb: Use :TLSv1_2_client explicitly in
diff --git a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
index 9b54d398d6..a17f51bd5a 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/literals.rdoc
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ point numbers as well.
 
 You can also write numbers in hexadecimal, octal or binary formats.  For
 hexadecimal numbers use a prefix of <tt>0x</tt>, for octal numbers use a
-prefix of <tt>0</tt>, for binary numbers use a prefix of <tt>0b</tt>.  The
-alphabetic component of the number is not case-sensitive.  Examples:
+prefix of <tt>0</tt> or <tt>0o</tt>, for binary numbers use a prefix of
+<tt>0b</tt>.  The alphabetic component of the number is not case-sensitive.
+
+Examples:
 
   0xaa
   0xAa
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ alphabetic component of the number is not case-sensitive.  Examples:
   0XaA
 
   0252
+  0o252
+  0O252
 
   0b10101010
   0B10101010